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Glass, P: Einstein on the Beach
RecommendedHelga Davis, Kate Moran, Antoine Silverman
The Philip Glass Ensemble, Michael Riesman, Robert Wilson (director), Lucinda Childs (choreographer)
Its four principal vocalists – Kate Moran is vocally and visually particularly arresting – and choir cope admirably with the fiendish demands of Glass’s now trademark repetitions of solfege,... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2017, Winner - Opéra
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Glass: Akhnaten
Zachary James (Amenhotep III), Richard Bernstein (Aye), Aaron Blake (High Priest), Will Liverman (General Horemhab), Anthony Roth Constanzo (Akhnaten), Disella Larusdottir (Queen Tye), J'Nai Bridges (Nefertiti), Metropolitan Opera, Karen Kamensek
Costanzo gives so much to the titular role in Philip Glass’s 1983 work…J’Nai Bridges is a dazzling Nefertiti and Dísella Lárusdóttir epitomises regal restraint. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2021, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Contemporary
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2022, Winner - Opera
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Legrand: Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg)
Marie Oppert (Geneviève Emery), Natalie Dessay (Madame Emery), Vincent Niclo (Guy Foucher), Laurent Naouri (Roland Cassard), Louise Leterme (Madeleine)
Orchestre national d’Ile-de-France, Michel Legrand (conductor) & Vincent Vittoz (stage director)
Retro - convincing and moving — More…
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Shchedrin: The Left-Hander
Andrei Popov, Edward Tsanga, Vladimir Moroz, Kristina Alieva, Maria Maksakova
Mariinsky Orchestra and Chorus, Valery Gergiev (conductor) & Alexei Stepanyuk (stage director)
It fizzes with energy … I enjoyed this hugely. — More…
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Glass, P: Kepler
Martin Achrainer (Kepler), Cassandra McConnell (soprano 1), Karen Robertson (soprano 2), Katerina Hebelkova (mezzo), Pedro Velázquez Díaz (tenor), Seho Chang (baritone), Florian Spiess (bass)
Chorus of the Landestheater & Bruckner Orchester Linz, Dennis Russell Davies
It's a challenge to direct, met resourcefully by inventive, fluent and sometimes stylised movement...Musically the performance is impeccable, spaciously paced and energetic - Denis Russell Davies... — More…
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Goldschmidt: Beatrice Cenci
Christoph Pohl, Gal James, Dshamilja Kaiser, Christina Bock
Prague Philharmonic Choir Wiener Symphoniker, Johannes Debus
Christoph Pohl has an athletic frame, and his fast, slick movements make the character of the Count all the more maniacal and menacing. His voice is a little light, but Goldschmidt’s clear orchestration... — More…
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Opera, October 2019, Disc of the Month
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Hindemith: Mathis der Maler
Wolfgang Koch (Mathis), Kurt Streit (Albrecht von Brandenburg), Manuela Uhl (Ursula), Franz Grundheber (Riedinger), Slovak Philharmonic Choir
Wiener Symphoniker, Bertrand de Billy, Keith Warner
[Koch's] gentle charisma and sonorous vocal expressivity call to mind his own performances of Hans Sachs and, by extension, suggest a parallel between Mathis and Sachs...The score has a reputation... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Premiere Recording
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Philip Glass: Satyagraha
Richard Croft, Rachelle Durkin, Kim Josephson, Alfred Walker, Metropolitan Opera & Chorus, Dante Anzolini
The cast is on the mark both vocally and physically…this release is especially recommended as a starting point to Glass’s world of music theatre. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Video Performance
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Weinberg: The Passenger, Op. 97
The Ekaterinburg State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Oliver von Dohnányi
The opera’s premiere at the 2010 Bregenz Festival was given wide dissemination through an Arthaus DVD release. Now comes an equally compelling representation of the first Russian production given... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2018, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Messiaen: Saint François d'Assise
Camilla Tilling (Angel), Rod Gilfry (Saint François), Hubert Delamboye (Leper), Henk Neven (Frère Léon), Tom Randle (Frère Massée), Donald Kaasch (Frère Élie), Armand Arapian (Frère Bernard), Jan Willem Baljet (Frère Sylvestre), André Morsch (Frère Rufin)
The Hague Philharmonic Orchestra &...
This Netherlands Opera production from Pierre Audi… is a triumph of wonderfully inventive, yet sympathetic direction. The imagery follows Messiaen's knack for sophisticated simplicity. His... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2009, DVD of the Month
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